About Time

To take it day-to-day and enjoying what little time we have on this beautiful earth. So I plan for tomorrow as if I was immortal and make the most of each minute I 'm given because knowing i gave it my best allows me to hold my head a little higher everyday. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”-Aristotle. For years I tackled the ideas of right and wrong and always treading on the past about what could have been. when…

adult fictions. d. He majored in being a Novelist and has written several novels. e. He appeared in ESPN several times as a sports reporter mainly for football. f. He was very poor and said his parents were very supportive by telling them quotes. II. Titles a. Tuesdays with Morrie b. The Five People You Meet in Heaven c. For One More Day d. Have a Little Faith: A True Story e. The Time Keeper f. The First Phone Call from…

bad person. Some people are more open with being able to complain about something they don’t like while others will wait until someone else takes care of it for them. It can be hard for some people to be comfortable to speak their minds because they are afraid that they will be wrong. What some people don’t understand is the difference between being respectable about giving your ideas or opinions and being an ignorant person about their own views. This point goes along to all three essays that…

the play, each set their focus on time and how it passes without notice with the changing of seasons and weather until death. In an article about the poem the line “Used to tell time long before the invention of clocks and calendars, the seasons, heavenly bodies, and weather are ancient signifiers of time as it passes” (Poetry for Students) helps bring both the poem and play together and shows the common theme of time. The recurring lines in the poem that talks about weather and seasons is…

“Hills like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemmingway and, “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin are both short stories that take place in short periods of time and focus on the relationship of a couple. Though the stories differ greatly, they are similar in that they both include the use of a train as a symbol and in their focus of the women in the relationships introduced. The trains in both stories are the most significant similarity because they represent the different futures that Jig and Mrs…

because the characters in the story are all finally coming to the conclusion that time is cyclic. Although the basic plot of the story is linear—they married, they formed a village, the village advanced, the village was wiped out—within the linear timeline, events repeat themselves over and over with only minor changes. In the quote, Ursula is starting to truly come to terms with this. Jose Arcadio Segundo says that time is passing, meaning linear. Although Ursula agrees with him, "That's how it…

it a waste of time to engage in nature. However, if you give the Transcendentalist ideas a chance, you are sure to change your mind and fall in love with the beautiful appearance and tranquil essence of the environment. Absorbing the beauty of our surroundings allows individuals to relax and clear their minds. The outdoor scenery is peaceful and free of distractions,…

to their lives somehow. My favorite people have always bounced around, whether they’re real or fictional. I play numerous of video games, listen to almost every genre of music, and read several different types of books, so I change my mind all the time. As of recently, one of my favorite figures has been Max from a game called Life is Strange. The game itself is beautifully designed graphically and plotline wise, and it really makes you think. To sum it up, the plot is that Max is a senior at an…

I never thought about what it means to find myself or to know myself until I joined the Korean Army. I had so much time to self-reflect, yet not enough people to share my thoughts and feelings, so I thought that I can’t find myself there. Right after I was discharged, I went on a pilgrimage in Spain called Camino de Santiago, where I walked for eight to ten hours a day for a month and a half. I walked 600 miles, hoping to find myself, and the meaning of my life. Although I learned a lot from the…

for about thirty minutes to an hour and afterwards we even discussed it further over lunch. Now you might ask what disability does Jim have or why is he different from the norms not considered a disability. For Jim he even looks like he might not even have a disability at all, but they why he is different is that suffers from having a severe case of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from his time serving in Vietnam War. Throughout the interview…